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Saving the planet for future generations is a laudable aim, but why wait when quite small changes to your lifestyle can make a big difference here and now? This Guide to Natural Housekeeping is full of advice and information to help you take a more sustainable path. Recycling, reusing and shopping at farmers markets are a good start. Cutting down on the use of poisonous chemicals is just as important. For instance, it s perfectly possible to clean a house using nothing more than lemons, baking powder, vinegar and water. Old-fashioned methods are complemented by newer ideas and innovations, and applied not only to cleaning but to restoring furniture and woodwork, and to decorating. Growing some of your own vegetables, fruit and herbs can be very satisfying, especially if you use any extras to make jams, oils, beauty preparations and bath oils. These handy tips and delicious recipes can be referred to again and again. Those for making herbal remedies will result in soothing and effective treatments that are a useful addition to your medicine cupboard. Whether you grow your own or not, composting waste is easily accomplished vegetable peelings, teabags, dust from the vacuum cleaner all go into the composter to rot down for use as natural fertilizer.

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About the Author

Christina Strutt runs Cabbages & Roses, a fabric company that specializes in historic rural printed fabrics for fashion, accessories, and interiors. Cabbages & Roses has two outlets in London, and the fabrics and all products are available through the website www.cabbagesandroses.com.

I love this book, it is so readable. The illustrations are truly delightful. 'Live a calmer, healthier life' it says on the cover & it just goes to show how we have become so used to buying products that we do not really need & the environment certainly doesn't either. I was so pleased with the book I bought another one straight away for my daughter. The book is divided into sensible sections covering keeping house, using energy, 'growing your own', organically, preservation, herbal remedies & uses & making your own inspired gifts. I was minded to buy white vinegar & baking powder in bulk to start immediately on my new way of cleaning. This is a book that you can dip into constantly as the need arises. Maybe its use in schools would help combat our love of consumerism! Perhaps not but it should certainly be used as a tool to teach us to improve the way we now do things.

This is a delightful reference book to have on one's bookshelf with some really useful recipes and ideas. A must for those of us who want to use natural cleaning methods besides being very kind on the purse.

I've wanted to read "Cabbages and Roses: Guide to Natural Housekeeping" for years and I haven't been disappointed, because the book is packed with good information about how to live and keep a house "naturally". The pictures are beautiful - bright, homey, rustic. Some of them are gorgeous! I felt that the emphasis on the "save the planet" reasons for housekeeping took a bit of the sparkle out of the book, simply because the stats are going to age to the book and in ten years time we're all sure to be told something new about the state of the planet. All in all, however, this is a practical AND lovely introduction to natural housekeeping, gardening, washing and LIVING.